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1. Meaning 1 · verb

   To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.

2. Meaning 2 · verb

   To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.

3. Meaning 3 · verb

   To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).

4. Meaning 4 · verb

   To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.

5. Meaning 5 · verb

   To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.

   “Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil.”

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.

9. Meaning 9 · verb

   To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.

10. Meaning 10 · adjective

    Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.

11. Meaning 11 · adjective

    (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

How this word is used

• Everyday “Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil.”
• Academic “In academic writing, “spoiled” can carry a precise technical sense.”
• Business “In business contexts, “spoiled” should be used only when the meaning is unambiguous.”

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